I vote with my feet on this one... and gravitate towards mobile devices with radio receivers. I was rather annoyed to find that my iPod touch didn't come with one. It's actually a very useful thing to have... especially if there's any sort of disaster.
A few government stations broadcast on longwave/shortwave... I think for just such a reason, and because they propagate better than FM signals. I know there was a big fuss when RTE switched off their AM transmitters precisely because a lot of AM listener's were in places where FM signals couldn't reach.
I can get I think BBC Radio 5 being broadcast in from Wales on Medium Wave, a French Station quite clearly at 945kHz, BBC Radio 1 at 1053kHz, and much clearer at 1089kHz. A faint hint of something that sounds French at 1116kHz, another French station at 1206kHz, something Islamic at 1296kHz, another French station at 1377kHz.
On Long Wave,
At 198kHz BBC Radio4, something that sounds llike a chipmunk speaking at 245kHz, RTE Radio 1 at 252kHz,
Actually quite fascinating to take a trawl.
Most of these are coming from a couple of hundred miles away... and though distorted and noisy, are perfectly audible and understandable
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A few government stations broadcast on longwave/shortwave... I think for just such a reason, and because they propagate better than FM signals. I know there was a big fuss when RTE switched off their AM transmitters precisely because a lot of AM listener's were in places where FM signals couldn't reach.
I can get I think BBC Radio 5 being broadcast in from Wales on Medium Wave, a French Station quite clearly at 945kHz, BBC Radio 1 at 1053kHz, and much clearer at 1089kHz. A faint hint of something that sounds French at 1116kHz, another French station at 1206kHz, something Islamic at 1296kHz, another French station at 1377kHz.
On Long Wave,
At 198kHz BBC Radio4, something that sounds llike a chipmunk speaking at 245kHz, RTE Radio 1 at 252kHz,
Actually quite fascinating to take a trawl.
Most of these are coming from a couple of hundred miles away... and though distorted and noisy, are perfectly audible and understandable
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